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Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar is regarded as the greatest cricketer in the history of cricket by many. Full name of Sachin Tendulkar is Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar. Tendulkar was born ion 24th of April in the year 1973.He first represented India at the age of 16. He is one of the youngest to make international Debut. His debut was against Pakistan in the year 1989.He played most number of tests than any other cricketer(200) in cricket history.He is married to Anjali Tendulkar, Who is a doctor, in 1995.They both have a daughter and son. Sara tendulkar is the eldest child and Arjun Tendulkar is the youngest one. In 2014, Sachin Tendulkar became the first sportsmen in history to receive Bharat Ratna ,which is highest civilian honour in India.

Records of Tendulkar

Highest number of test matches played.

Highest Number of ODI’s played.

First man to score 200 in ODI cricket.

Leading run scorer in history of ODI cricket.

Highest run scores in test cricket.

Most centuries by any batsmen in international cricket.

Sachin Tendulkar scored 51 test hundreds and 49 ODI hundreds. He is ahead of other cricketers by a distance. He also has a T20I hundred. Him and Sourav Ganguly are the best opening combination in history of cricket. Sachin, Dravid and Sourav Ganguly are considered as the trio Indian team. He was also a handy bowler for Indian team

List of his awards

Arjun Award.

Rajiv gandhi Khel Ratna.

Padma Shri.

Bharat Ratna.

Sachin made debut under the leader ship of Ajit Wadekar. He was the icon player for Mumbai Indians in the inaugural edition of IPL. He was part of India team during 2011 victory. He played his final test against West Indies in 2013-2014 at Whankade, his ground. He scored most of his test centuries against Australia(11).He also scored 9 centuries in ODI’s against ODI’s. He believes Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli can break his records.